The case of a disfellowshipped woman who demanded that courts compel the Jehovah’s Witnesses to readmit her was widely misinterpreted by the media.
Massimo Introvigne
Japan’s Guidelines on Religious Donations: The Great Return of Brainwashing Pseudo-Science
If you donate to a movement that the society views with hostility, it is assumed you were a victim of “mind control.”
Pakistan: Catholic Girl, 15, Kidnapped and Forcibly Married to 60-Year-Old Muslim Man
Sitara Arif was kidnapped on December 15. It took two months to persuade the police to investigate the case.
Francis of Assisi, Fraternity, and Tai Ji Men
One of the origins of the International Day of Human Fraternity is the Italian mystic’s visit to Sultan al-Kamil in 1219. Its message is valid for the Tai Ji Men case, too.
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Sexual Abuse Allegations Unmasked as Groundless in Germany
An ex-member and a newspaper accused them of horrific abuses. They asked a State Prosecutor to investigate. No evidence of abuse was found.
Panj Tirath: Legal Battle Over a Sacred Hindu Site in Pakistan
The Peshawar site, connected with the Mahabharata, was given to a local amusement park, which now refuses to give it back.
Inside The Revelation Spiritual Home. 4. Opposition
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) produced in 2017 a strange anti-cult (and anti-TRSH) report.
Chiesa di Dio Onnipotente – Più di 10.000 membri arrestati nel 2022
Più di 3.000 sono stati torturati e almeno 14 uccisi. Queste sono le cifre spaventose del rapporto annuale della Chiesa sulla sua persecuzione. E sono credibili.
More than 10,000 Church of Almighty God Members Were Arrested in 2022
More than 3,000 were tortured and at least 14 were killed. These are the shocking figures of the church’s own yearly report on persecution. And they are believable.
La France rejoint la Chine et la Russie en mettant en place des techniques policières spéciales contre les « sectes »
Une nouvelle loi autorise les agents à placer des micros dans les maisons et les voitures, à pirater les courriers électroniques et même à se faire passer pour des facteurs chargés de livrer des colis aux personnes soupçonnées de « dérives sectaires ».
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of Pennsylvania Press’ Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.